This closing celebration brings families together to reflect on growth, share successes and “real-life wins,” and honor their commitment to strengthening relationships with their children. The session includes a guided reflection, small group discussion, and a summary...
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EventsSession 1: Nuturing Families: Strengthening Parent Wellness and Daily Connection
In this final virtual workshop, parents explore how everyday moments, routine, play, empathy, and connection support family well-being. The session reviews core themes from previous months: play, emotional regulation, boundaries with love, and positive guidance....
Session 2: Reflection Circle – Big Feelings
Parents share experiences using the Feelings Game and discuss emotional coaching wins and challenges.
Session 1: Raising Emotionally Resilient Children
Parents explore foundational tools for helping children manage big feelings. Strategies include naming emotions, building calming routines, and using empathy and play to support self-regulation.
Session 2: Reflection Circle: Positive Guidance; Growing Together
Parents reflect on real-life experiences using connection-based guidance at home. Through scenarios, group discussion, and light role-play, they explore what worked, what was challenging, and how to adjust their language and approach.
Session 1: Playful Parenting: Positive Guidance through Connection
This session focuses on using connection and play as primary tools for guidance. Parents learn how brief moments of playful engagement before giving directions can reduce power struggles, increase cooperation, and strengthen relationships.
Session 2: Reflection Circle – What We Learned Through Play
Parents return to reflect on their home play activity, share what they observed, and discuss ways to build consistent play moments into everyday routine
Session 1: The Power of Play: How Play Builds the Brain
Parents explore the incredible role of play in learning, from problem-solving to emotional resilience. Families will walk away with simple ways to create meaningful play at home (with or without commercial materials).
From Aggression to Connection: How to Stop Hitting, Kicking, Pulling Hair and Other Forms of Aggression
When your child greets you with a punch instead of a hug or lashes out when you set a limit, it can leave you feeling angry and confused. In this workshop, you’ll learn what’s really driving aggressive behavior and how to respond in ways that calm the storm instead of...
Setting Limits without Screaming Time Out! A two part series.
Power struggles with your child can leave you annoyed and exhausted, wondering why they can't seem to listen. Every child has off-track moments, and conventional limit-setting techniques can sometimes escalate these smaller difficulties into mounting stress. This...
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